. . . Even though I enjoyed BvS I had hoped after the dismal critical reception and poor word of mouth they would give Snyder a co-director to help improve the movie but it doesn't look like that'll happen . . .

I'm trying to think of a case where a second director was added by the studio (as opposed to a creative choice) and a quality movie was still made. Maybe something obvious is eluding me, but . . .

The thing is even though the movie is making money it IS underperforming. Most of the projections now have BvS final haul being in the low 800 million range which is way under the original expectations.

One of Justice League‘s most impressive casting additions to date is no doubt Spider-Man and Whiplashstar J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Jim Gordon, but it sounds like he’ll only be making a cameo appearance of sorts in the superhero ensemble. Talking in the video below, the actor explained that Batman’s closest ally won’t be spending a huge amount of time hanging out with the Caped Crusader.“I don’t get started on that until June, and my part in the first one is very small. I’m excited to be playing that iconic character in that iconic series.”

That’s slightly disappointing, but it sounds like Warner Bros. has big plans for the character, no doubt starting with Ben Affleck’s The Batman a couple of years from now. “I’m going into a thing that hopefully will be 2, 3, 4, maybe more movies for me, and my part in the first one is really very small,”he explained. “But obviously, we know who the guy is. We know his whole backstory, based on the comic book. So, I’m just gonna finish doing my research on that. And probably not watch the other actors who have played the part, because that is kind of intimidating, honestly, and I don’t think I would find that to be productive. So, I’ll do my take.”

Ben Affleck — who portrays Batman in Warner Bros.’ current superhero release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and will reprise the role in Suicide Squad later this year, as well as in next year’s Justice League: Part 1 movie — has moved into the role of executive producer of the Justice League project. Affleck will also assist screenwriter Chris Terrio in rewrites to the Justice League script, partly to help better align the Justice League film with Affleck’s solo Batman project — which I hear is tentatively expected to release in 2018, and which Affleck cowrote with DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns. Johns has had a significant role in the development of not only DC Comics’ monthly comic releases, but also the planning for Warner’s DC cinematic universe, and that includes a role with Justice League as well.

Part of Ben Affleck’s work on the Justice League film will include participating in the post production phase with director Zack Snyder and the film’s editing team. Affleck is an important creative voice and talent at Warner, with films including The Town, Argo, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Live By Night, The Accountant, Justice League: Part 1, and the solo Batman film constituting an impressive list of collaborations between the studio and the filmmaker. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture with Argo — a film that also brought an Oscar to Chris Terrio for his adapted screenplay.